Biography

Israel David Martinez (Barcelona, 1969) is one of the most sought after European composers of our time, praised for his brilliant works and frequently invited to release his new creations in the main concert halls of the continent

He has numerous awards for national and international composition: National Award for Best Album of the Year (1988), Latin American Composition Competition (1992), Award of Saint Joan Vilatorrada Composition (1993), Reina Sofia International Composition Prize (1993), Salvador Espriu of Music Award (1995), Joaquin Turina Composition Prize (1998 and 2001), Manuel Valcarcel International Award (2002).

In the late nineties he was selected to represent the European Contemporary Music at the International Festival of New York. On that occasion his String Quartet no. 3 premiere elicited international recognition from critics and the public.

He has been nominated for the Grawemeyer Award and Coexistence Prize for promoting peace and brotherhood among different cultures through his work.

He gives lectures and seminars on the various tendencies in Twentieth Century Music at the Autonomous University of Madrid, in the Foundation Miró in Barcelona, at the Casa de America in Madrid and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

He has received numerous commissions from the Centre for the Diffusion of Contemporary Music, Juan March Foundation, the International Music Festival of Santander, the Madrid Community Choir, the Spanish Brass Luur Metals, etc.